Bactra optanias

Bactra optanias is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1911.^[1] It is found in Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland, Norfolk Island),^[2] New Zealand, Java, Tahiti, Sri Lanka,^[3] New Caledonia, the Caroline Islands, the southern Mariana Islands, Rapa Iti and Micronesia.^[4]

Bactra optanias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Bactra
Species:	B. optanias
Binomial name
Bactra optanias Meyrick, 1911
Synonyms
Bactra opatanias Meyrick, 1911 Bactra excelsa Diakonoff, 1956 Bactra litigatrix Meyrick, 1928 Bactra monochorda Diakonoff, 1950 Bactra passercula Turner, 1916

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are whitish brown or brown, with numerous fine oblique fuscous costal strigulae (fine streaks) and some fuscous dorsal dots, as well as a fuscous terminal line. The hindwings are whitish, with slight greyish suffusion on the terminal edge.^[5]

Habitat and host species

This species inhabits swampy terrain. The larval host species are species in the plant family Cyperaceae. The larvae pupate amongst their host plants.^[6]